Straightenin – English Lyrics

• By: Migos

Lyrics & Translation

Dive into Migos' hit track "Straightenin" and explore the group's unique slang and confident message. This song offers a lesson in contemporary hip-hop language and the art of reasserting dominance, showcasing Migos' distinctive style and their take on navigating the rap game.

[English]

♪♪♪

♪ (DJ DUREL, AY CASTRO GO CRAZY) ♪

♪ YEAH (SOO), WE GONE (HUH) ♪

♪ STOP, WE GOOD (STOP) ♪

♪ CHILL, WE ON (CHILL) ♪

♪ SCALE (HUH), LET'S GO (LET'S GO) ♪

♪ DOMINGO (HUH), LET'S GO (MIGO) ♪

♪ TAKE (HUH), LET'S GO (HUH) ♪

♪ SET, LET'S ROLL ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (WOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (HEY) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ YOU DON'T GET SHIT STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTENIN' IT (SAH) ♪

♪ [QUAVO] IN THIS GAME, SIT BACK BE PATIENT (GANG) ♪

♪ NIGGAS ACT LIKE THE GAME WENT VACANT (HUH?) ♪

♪ NIGGAS ACT LIKE SOMETHING BEEN TAKEN (TOOK WHAT?) ♪

♪ AIN'T NOTHING BUT A LITTLE BIT OF STRAIGHTENIN' (I'M TELLIN YA) ♪

♪ BEEN KICKING SHIT POPPING OUT DAILY (GO) ♪

♪ ON AN ISLAND, IT'S A MOVIE I'M MAKING (THAT'S FACTS) ♪

♪ I'M COUNTING DINEROS WITH ROBERT DE NIRO ♪

♪ HE TELLING 'EM THAT CHO AMAZING (AY) ♪

♪ PUT THAT SHIT ON (SHIT ON) , NIGGA GET SHIT ON (SHIT ON) ♪

♪ I BOUGHT TWO WHIPS, AND I PUT MY BITCH ON (SKRT) ♪

♪ SHE PUT THIS WRIST ON (WRIST) ♪

♪ SHE FACTORY SET IT WITH RICHARD MILLE PRONGS (ICE) ♪

♪ TURN A PANDEMIC INTO A BANDEMIC ♪

♪ YOU KNOW THAT'S THE SHIT THAT WE ON (YES SIR) ♪

♪ THEM NIGGAS GON PULL UP AND ACT LIKE THIS SHIT IS TOGETHER ♪

♪ WE DON'T FUCK WITH YOU HOMES (FUCK EM) ♪

♪ UH UH, I DON'T DO THE FAKE KICKING (NO) ♪

♪ THERE GO A ROCKET, IS TAKE IN IT? (SOO) ♪

♪ IT'S A PROBLEM WITH 'PHEW THEN WE STRAIGHTENIN' IN (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ SWAP OUT THE CAT PUT A DEMON IN IT (SKRT) ♪

♪ UPGRADE THE BANDO PUT FIENDS IN IT (WOO) ♪

♪ I GOT SOME SHOOTERS YOU AIN'T SEEN WITH ME (GRAAA) ♪

♪ WE'LL RUN THAT SHIT BACK I JUST SEEN TENET (WOAH) ♪

♪ WE'RE GOING TO GET STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (WOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (HEY) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ YOU DON'T GET SHIT STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTENIN' IT (NAH) ♪

♪ [TAKEOFF] YOU DON'T GET SHIT

♪ I'M THE TYPE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH PATIENT (WATCH) ♪

♪ DO A TRICK WITH THE STICK IT'S AMAZING (STICK) ♪

♪ IN THE BANDO TRAPPIN OUT VACANTS (BANDO) ♪

♪ LOCS ON LIKE I'M STARRING IN THE MATRIX (MATRIX) ♪

♪ I KEEP THE COOKIE LIKE MY GRANDMA MADE IT (COOKIE) ♪

♪ I KEEP THE KEYS AND THE POUNDS AND THE BABIES (KEYS) ♪

♪ AND THE BRICKS CAME WHITE LIKE SHADY (WHITE) ♪

♪ DRIVE THE LAMBO THROUGH THE AVENUE (SKRT) ♪

♪ PRETTY LIL BIH WITH A ATTITUDE (BAD) ♪

♪ GIVE A SHOUTOUT TO THE WHITE BOY (BOYS) ♪

♪ ALL WHITE ROLLS LOOK RADICAL (RADICAL) ♪

♪ KEEP YOU A FIRE, DON'T LET THEM TAKE IT (NO) ♪

♪ IF THEY GET YOURS YOU GOTTA GET STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHTENIN') ♪

♪ I CATCH A OPP I GIVE HIM A FACELIFT (OPP) ♪

♪ MY NIGGAS LURKIN AND SPINNIN THE DAY-SHIFT (LURK) ♪

♪ I GOT THEM RACKS WHEN YOU SEE ME (RACKADES) ♪

♪ SPIN BACK TO BACK IT'S A REPEAT (SPIN) ♪

♪ CHAMPIONSHIP IT'S A THREE-PEAT (THREE) ♪

♪ SHOOT OUT THE WINDOW LIKE DRIZZY AND FREAKY (FREAK) ♪

♪ I KEEP IT ON ME BELIEVE ME (YES SIR) ♪

♪ I BE UP HIGH WHERE THE TREES BE (HIGH) ♪

♪ I GO AND PUT ON SO MUCH OF THIS ICE ♪

♪ THEY SAY DON'T TOUCH ME YOU GON' FREEZE ME (FREEZE) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (WOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (HEY) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ YOU DON'T GET SHIT STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTENIN' IT (NAH) ♪

♪ [OFFSET] GET MY STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHTENIN) ♪

♪ AUTOMATIC HANDGUN LIKE THE NAVY (AUTOMATIC) ♪

♪ I KEEP A HUNDRED ROUND DRUM I AIN'T FADING ♪

♪ TURN A NIGGA TO A MUMMY WITH THE PAYMENT ♪

♪ TERMINATE HIM WITH THE MONEY, IT WAS GRAVY (TERMINATOR) ♪

♪ SPIN AN OPP BLOCK, ROCK A BYE BABY (ROCKABYE) ♪

♪ MADE HIS HEART STOP MADE HIS MOMMA HATE ME (MAKE EM HATE ME) ♪

♪ WE WERE TRAPPIN OUT THE SPOT OUT THE BASEMENT (OUT THE SPOT) ♪

♪ TASMANIAN DEVIL WE SPIN ON YOUR BLOCK (SPIN) ♪

♪ I POP A PERK AND I'M GOING BERSERK ♪

♪ AND I WOKE UP AND BOUGHT ME A DROP (LIKE FUCK IT) ♪

♪ STRAIGHT TO THE POINT I GET STRAIGHT TO THE STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YOUR BUDDY HE CAN'T EVEN WALK (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ WE GUTTED HIM NOBODY TALK (WE GUTTED HIM) ♪

♪ NEW CULLINAN STARS START TO FALL (NEW CULLINAN) ♪

♪ TRAPPIN AND HUSTLIN BEAT DOWN THE WALLS (BEAT DOWN) ♪

♪ I'M WITH THE STEPPA NORTH SIDE REPPA ♪

♪ QUA KEEP A MAC IN THE BACK OF THE TESLA (QUA) ♪

♪ I'M WITH THE GANG WE COULD NEVER BE SELFISH ♪

♪ WATCH HOW I DRESS I'M THE DRIPPIN PROFESSOR ♪

♪ BOUGHT A KILL TECH THEN I BOUGHT A COMPRESSOR (KILL TECH) ♪

♪ TIME TO PRESS HIM, EAT HIM FOR BREAKFAST (HEY) ♪

♪ TAUGHT HIM A LESSON I'M NEVER CONFESSING (HEY) ♪

♪ LEFT HIM A MESSAGE, SOMEBODY'S STRETCHER (STRETCH) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (WOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ STRAIGHTENIN' ♪

♪ YEAH (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (HEY) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (SOO) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN' (STRAIGHT) ♪

♪ YOU DON'T GET SHIT STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTENIN' IT (NAH) ♪

♪ (STRAIGHT NOW, DON'T NOTHING) ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ (GET STRAIGHT NOW) ♪

♪ (YEAH) ♪

♪ (DON'T NOTHING) ♪

♪ DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENING BUT STRAIGHTENING ♪

♪ YA FEEL ME ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW WHAT YA'LL THINK GOING ON OUT THERE BUT YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN ♪

♪ (STRAIGHT NOW) ♪

♪ WE STRAIGHT ♪

♪ WE STRAIGHT ♪

♪ WE STRAIGHT ♪

♪ WE STRAIGHT, WE STRAIGHT, WE STRAIGHT, WE STRAIGHT ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ SOO ♪

♪ WE GONE ♪

♪♪♪

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
straighten /ˈstreɪtən/ A2	verb - to make something straight or become straight
patient /ˈpeɪʃənt/ A2	adjective - able to wait calmly without becoming annoyed
amazing /əˈmeɪzɪŋ/ A2	adjective - causing great surprise or wonder
daily /ˈdeɪli/ A1	adjective - happening every day
movie /ˈmuːvi/ A1	noun - a story or event recorded by a camera and shown on a screen
count /kaʊnt/ A1	verb - to say numbers in order, or to calculate the total number of something
whip /wɪp/ B1	noun - a car, often used in slang
factory /ˈfæktəri/ A1	noun - a building where products are made
turn /tɜːrn/ A1	verb - to change direction or position
pandemic /ˈpændəmɪk/ B2	noun - a disease prevalent over a whole country or the world
pull /pʊl/ A1	verb - to move something toward oneself
act /ækt/ A1	verb - to behave in a particular way
upgrade /ˈʌpɡreɪd/ B1	verb - to improve or raise the quality of something
shoot /ʃuːt/ A2	verb - to fire a bullet or projectile from a gun
run /rʌn/ A1	verb - to move quickly on foot
spin /spɪn/ A2	verb - to rotate or cause to rotate
high /haɪ/ A1	adjective - great, or greater than normal, in quantity, size, or intensity
freeze /friːz/ A2	verb - to become solid due to cold
automatic /ˌɔːtəˈmætɪk/ B1	adjective - operating by itself with little or no direct human control
terminate /ˈtɜːrmɪneɪt/ B2	verb - to bring to an end

Key Grammar Structures

• DON'T NOTHING GET STRAIGHTENIN' BUT STRAIGHTENIN'

  ➔ Double negative

  ➔ The phrase uses two negatives ('don't' and 'nothing') which is a common feature in informal English, especially in certain dialects and rap lyrics. It emphasizes the idea that nothing else matters except 'straightening'.

• I'M THE TYPE TO SIT BACK AND WATCH PATIENT

  ➔ Present simple with 'be' + infinitive

  ➔ The structure 'I'm the type to...' followed by an infinitive verb phrase ('sit back and watch patient') is used to describe habitual actions or characteristics. It emphasizes the speaker's nature or tendency.

• IF THEY GET YOURS YOU GOTTA GET STRAIGHTENIN'

  ➔ Conditional sentence (Type 1)

  ➔ This is a Type 1 conditional sentence, which describes a possible situation and its result. 'If' introduces the condition, and 'you gotta' expresses the consequence.

• I POP A PERK AND I'M GOING BERSERK

  ➔ Present continuous for future action

  ➔ The present continuous ('I'm going berserk') is used here to describe a future action that is planned or certain to happen after 'I pop a perk'.

• WE GUTTED HIM NOBODY TALK

  ➔ Past simple with implied subject

  ➔ The sentence uses the past simple ('gutted') with an implied subject ('we'). The second part ('nobody talk') is an imperative statement, emphasizing silence after the action.

• I'M WITH THE GANG WE COULD NEVER BE SELFISH

  ➔ Modal verb 'could' for possibility

  ➔ The modal verb 'could' is used to express possibility or ability in a general sense. Here, it emphasizes that being selfish is not an option for the speaker and their gang.

• YOU DON'T GET SHIT STRAIGHT IF YOU DON'T STRAIGHTENIN' IT

  ➔ Conditional sentence with 'if'

  ➔ This is a conditional sentence using 'if' to express a condition and its result. It highlights the necessity of 'straightening' to achieve a desired outcome.

• I BOUGHT TWO WHIPS, AND I PUT MY BITCH ON

  ➔ Coordination with 'and'

  ➔ The conjunction 'and' is used to join two independent clauses ('I bought two whips' and 'I put my bitch on'), indicating that both actions occurred.